Water Packs Save Lives: 3D Platforming Done Right
by Jarrod S. Lipshy The true 3D platformer is all but dead. When consoles transitioned to 3D in the mid 90’s, there was a concerted effort to bring classic game formulas to the third dimension…
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99 Images of Blizzard’s Gorgeous, Graphic and Goofy Hearthstone Card Art
Blizzard’s virtual card game, Hearthstone, is kind of my latest obsession. I was banned from playing Magic: The Gathering as a child, so this is sort of like making up for lost time, and I’m…
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Third World Gamer: Examining the State of Piracy Now
I wrote a piece way before about my experiences being a gamer in a third world country. I grew up in Southeast Asia, but I moved to the United States as I got older. During…
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Disney Princesses as World of Warcraft Characters
If you’re a good artist and doing a “Disney Princesses as X” post these days, you’re gonna get a feature here, and today is no exception. Artist LiberLibelulu worked up a series showing the girls…
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Baby Celebrates First Birthday With Video Game References He Won’t Understand
We’re starting to learn what happens when geeks grow up and start having kids. We get photoshop projects like this one, where proud dad Ben Stirling celebrated the first birthday of his kid by inserting…
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Charmander Passes the Time
It gets boring being cooped up in a Pokeball all day, so Charmander decide to make himself some S’mores in this Teefury shirt you can no longer buy because screw you, that’s why. What’s the…
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Contrast’s Execution Ruins the Beauty of It’s Concept
During the Winter break, I finally had time to catch up on some video games now that I’m done with academics. I decided to give Contrast a go on my PlayStation 4. When I first…
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Do You Even Hyper Beam, Bro?
(click to enlarge) Digital Artist CG-Sammu has tried to redesign Pokemon’s ultimate badass, Mewtwo, to look even more menancing. His version has spent a hell of a lot more time at the gym, and has…
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Five New Year’s Resolutions for Video Games to Keep in 2014
by Jarrod S. Lipshy Video game developers and publishers aren’t like us. Before a game gets released it has to go down an intensive production pipeline for at least a year, not to mention the…